It is clear that today's hearing is nothing more than the Majority's attempt to use institutional investors as a scapegoat.

I remember quite well, leaders, the many conversations we had between the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan, which I think was an example of a significant improvement in terms of providing direct funding.

I think a lot of times Federal agencies are trying to figure out how to implement something when Congress also has a job to do that it hasn't done.

Senator Al Franken highlighted the importance of addressing the needs of tribal schools, especially Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig.

It is meaningful to convene this Committee hearing on the sovereign lands of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and I thank the Tribe for their generosity in hosting us.

It is important to understand the government-to-government relationship between Minnesota tribes and the Federal Government.

I take this work seriously, because I have heard time and again from tribal leaders who have been frustrated by policy decisions being made without Native voices at the table.

Here is the reality. Prices are through the roof. Gas is up. Groceries are up. Housing is up.

This place that is now called Minnesota is the ancestral home of the Dakota and Anishinaabe people, and other indigenous people, who have lived in and cared for this beautiful part of the world for millennia.

This is a relationship based on the Constitution, the laws and treaties between the United States and sovereign tribal nations, and it is our responsibility to respect and recognize these treaty responsibilities.

This bill can be a turning point for how the Federal government partners with Tribal Nations.

Listen, over the past few months my Democrat colleagues continue to find a scapegoat for inflation.

Is it true that regulatory barriers at a local level are impeding or are partly to blame for the problem with the housing supply across the country?

Thank you very much, Chair Larsen. I appreciate that.

The answer is simple: it's November; it’s the ballot box.

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we also the fight back at the ballot box, and hold these Republicans accountable who have fulfilled their dream of making abortion -- overturning Roe.